Venus moves from self-assured Leo to meticulous Virgo. First it sets you on a path to healing, but then it despises experimentation, expansion, and responsibility. Think about non-destructive ways to indulge your temptation toward anarchy before you risk damaging important relationships on a whim.

What the stars are up to:

• Your sign ruler Pluto is retrograde in Aquarius.
• The Sun opposes Pluto.
• The First Quarter Moon in your sign squares off against Pluto and the Sun, forms sextiles with Mercury and Venus, creates trine with Saturn and Neptune, and opposes Uranus.

What it means:

Scorpio and Leo can be a very powerful combination, or they can absolutely loathe each other. Indifference isn’t really an option here; there’s rarely an in-between. This same polarity holds true for Scorpio’s experience of Leo season, as well. Either it’s gonna slay (hurray!), or it’s gonna annihilate you (oh no). This season, you struggle to feel solid and centered while the Sun opposes your retrograde sign ruler. The First Quarter Moon in your sign causes emotional turmoil when it fights with both the representatives of your self and essence. Your Moon ain’t enthusiastic about innovation, either! But fortunately, it helps you cope by putting you in touch with internal reserves of resilience and hope. No matter what might smite you throughout the coming weeks, you’ll trudge determinedly onward into Virgo Season with your self-respect intact.

What the stars are up to:

• Your sign ruler Jupiter is in Gemini.
• The Sun forms a sextile with Jupiter.
• Mars passes through conjunction with Jupiter.
• Venus squares off against Jupiter.
• Jupiter squares off against Saturn.

What it means:

You’re in excellent shape when it comes to self-acceptance and energy… but a little less so with discipline and desire. Your season starts strong with a wave of good luck, followed by the motivation to pursue your ambitions. On August 19, you’re struck with conflicted wishes and an aversion to responsibility. Plan to take it easy that Monday, and forget about looming troubles until they actually come to pass. You have more important things to worry about now, like having fun in the heightened atmosphere of a fellow fire season!

What the stars are up to:

• Your sign ruler Saturn is retrograde in Pisces.
• Mars and Jupiter square off against Saturn.
• Venus opposes Saturn.

What it means:

Womp, womp. You ended Cancer’s month with the Sun on a high note, but the aggressive gleam of Leo Season causes you some strife. The representatives of action and fortune disagree with your sign ruler, Saturn. Meanwhile, Venus, the astrological arbiter of desire, disavows you entirely. Mercury retrograde devastates communication systems and causes misunderstanding all around the zodiac. This season tests you with a prolonged period of endurance, rather than enjoyment.

What the stars are up to:

• Pluto is retrograde in your sign.
• Your sign ruler Uranus is in Taurus.
• The Sun opposes Pluto.
• Venus, Mercury, and the Sun square off against Uranus.
• The Full Moon in your sign passes through conjunction with Pluto, creates trines with Jupiter and Mars, opposes Mercury and the Sun, and squares off against Uranus.

What it means:

Your sibling sign’s season brings struggle your way. This year, the Sun’s opposition to Pluto in your sign hinders development with the threat of stagnance. Venus, Mercury, and the Sun all beef with your sign ruler, causing problems all through the realms of romance, communication, and self-understanding. You attain a brief period of respite when the Full Moon lights up your sign in a glorious outflow of emotional release. But even then, the Moon’s relationship with Uranus is contentious, tearing a fissure of insecurity through your consciousness. Fortunately, you’re more comfortable with uncertainty than most signs. You don’t mind observing your own distress from a comfortable, clinical distance even as you experience problems in the moment. You might offer a word of assurance to your zodiac neighbor Capricorn, who is struggling with several planets’ worth of alienation this season.

What the stars are up to:

• Saturn and your ruler Neptune are both retrograde in your sign.
• Mars and Jupiter square off against Saturn.
• Venus opposes Saturn.

What it means:

Along with the preceding signs, you are beset by significant square aspects this season. Instances of tension and conflict — along with the demands of life obligations — mark your next weeks. Your senses of motivation and generosity rebel against the ruler of responsibility, and desire shuns your guest planet Saturn entirely. You really don’t want to do the things you have to do this season, and fair enough! It sucks! But knowing you, you’ll probably grit your teeth and take care of business anyway.

What the stars are up to:

• Chiron and the North Node of the Moon’s orbit are in your sign.
• Your sign ruler Mars is in Gemini.
• Chiron turns retrograde.
• Mars creates a trine with Lilith, forms a sextile with the North Node, passes through conjunction with Jupiter, and squares off against Saturn.
• The Sun creates trines with the North Node and Chiron.

What it means:

Step carefully this season! Chiron the centaur, ruler of injury and healing, turns retrograde in late July. It travels in an oddball orbit way out there in the solar system, so its retrograde doesn’t spell outright disaster like Mercury is wreaking this season, but just be cautious lest Chiron’s power be tipped a bit closer to the “injury” side of its influence, rather than “healing.”